2. Project References
• The Springwood Megacentre
• Celeste Apartments
• Aldar HQ, UAE
• Adelaide Airport Car Park
• Merriton Apartment Project
• Gracemere Shopping Centre
• Kooyong Apartments
• Isokon Building, UK
• St Stephens Development, UK
3. The Springwood Megacentre
Client: Ikon Constructions P/L
Location: Pacific Highway,
Springwood
The Springwood Megacentre is a
large shopping complex located
in Brisbane, Australia. Its
construction required 40,000m2
of suspended slab over two
levels, which was spilt into
roughly 4,000m2
pours.
For the majority of the
construction, the Alshor Plus
shoring system supporting
Airodek beams and Panels was
used and Airodek Prop and
Panel sections were used under
the flat slab sections.
The entire 40,000m2
was poured in less than 20 weeks
which isn’t a bad effort in anyone’s language.
4. Celeste Apartments
Client: Westform Formworks Pty Ltd
Location: Breakfast Point, NSW
To reduce construction time on this
project and thereby reduce costs,
Westform decided to pour the structures
columns and slabs at the same time. This
construction method meant that
Westform wouldn’t be able to secure the
Airodek soffit formwork to the columns
for the forming of the slabs, as normally
occurs, and therefore they would be
unable to stabilise the Airodek panels.
However by using Rapidshor shoring
towers, instead of props, in a 1.8m x
1.8m grid at 3.6m centres both ways as
bracing bays, the structure was totally
stabilised.
Westform Formworks were extremely happy
with Airodek’s faster erection times, which
provided distinct savings in labour costs.
5. Aldar HQ Building
Client: Aldar Properties
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
ALDAR Properties’ new HQ building is
one of the most unique designs in the
world today, and RMDK Middle East
supplied Airodek soffit support system
for one of the buildings key amenities.
After considering competitor systems,
Temporary Works Coordinator Lee
Richardson recommended the Airodek
system to the HQ Project Management
Team. “With the slabs having few
internal and no external drop beams,
the Airodek Prop and Panel system
seemed the perfect solution to me.”
When Airodek was demonstrated, the efficiency and safety benefits of the system
quickly became clear to the rest of the Project Management Team and realised that
Airodek was perfect for this project.
6. Adelaide Airport Car Park
Client: Newgen Formwork Pty Ltd
Location: Adelaide, SA
The new Adelaide Airport Car Park will
provide parking for 2,000 vehicles and
is expected to meet car parking
requirements to beyond 2030.
Newgen Formwork Pty Ltd was sub-
contracted to erect the concrete frame
building comprising of four floors at
approximately 12,500m2
per floor –
50,000m2
in total. Newgen Formwork
utilized the design and supply services
of RMD Australia to layout the Airodek
Panels supported by the Rapidshor
shoring system.
The first floor at 6.2m high suited the use of the high-strength Rapidshor shoring system
topped out with RMD Airodek Deck Beams and Panels. In addition with the Rapidshor Captive
Decking being used within the shoring it enabled the customer to erect Rapidshor to both
beam and slab areas without having to provide handrails to the beam, proving to be quick,
effective and ultimately safe.
7. The Meriton Apartment Project
Client: VSF Formwork
Location: Sydney, NSW
The Merriton Apartment Project is a
part of a multiple building complex
at Waitara in North Sydney.
This project rises from a common
base and car park to form two
towers, both fifteen stories high.
Approximately 8,000m² of Airodek
was used on the two towers.
VSF Formwork used Airodek because
it provides substantially decreased
erection and dismantling times thus
reducing construction costs.
The Airodek high productivity soffit system provided a versatility for the formworkers that
has not been achieved by other systems. VSF Formwork were also particularly impressed with
the quick release system on the props.
8. Gracemere Shopping Centre
Client: McConaghy Group
Location: Rockhampton, QLD
The construction of
Gracemere's Shopping Centre
in Rockhampton by the
McConaghy Group, consisted
of using Alshor Plus supporting
3,800m2
of Airodek Panels and
Deck Beams for the floor
slabs.
They found that Alshor Plus
was much quicker than the
frames, which they are more
accustomed to.
9. Kooyong Apartments
Client: Dean Guest Concreting
Location: Melbourne, VIC.
The RMD Airodek system was used
for the construction of floor slabs in
the four story Kooyong Apartments
in Toorak, Melbourne.
Approximately 900m² of Airodek
support was utilised in conjunction
with RMD Strongshor frames,
perimeter balconies and props for
back propping. The client achieved
over 40m² erected per hour.
The smart simplicity of Airodek´s
design means it is lightweight and
quick to erect and dismantle.
10. Isokon Building, UK
Client: Dunne Building & Civil Engineering
Location: Glasgow, Scotland.
Airodek was used in conjunction with
Alshor Plus for the construction of this 13
storey building in Glasgow.
This combination allowed the 4,680
square metres of insitu concrete floors
to be constructed efficiently, achieving
the desired one week cycle for each
floor. This resulted in substantial time,
labour and cost savings for the customer.
11. St Stephens Development, UK
Client: John Doyle Construction Ltd
Location: Hull, UK.
Airodek was used in conjunction with Alshor Plus
for the construction of 52,000m2
mixed use
retail development in UK.
The combination of Airodek and Alshor Plus was
used to support the construction of the 325mm
thick slab for the 11,000m2
single storey
supermarket.
With the ability of quick strike and repositioning
of panels whilst the backpropping remained,
Airodek was the ideal solution to fulfil a key
requirement of the brief - fast construction
cycle times.
